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I work for the Wikimedia Foundation, the non-profit organization that supports Wikipedia and other free-knowledge projects. I work on programatic work that leverages my position of privilege at the Foundation to be a "force-multiplier" for the amazing work done by volunteers and staff.* Lead project management and ongoing support of Diff, a community news.

I worked across the movement, with people from every corner to highlight their work, strengthen bonds, grow new relationships, and improve the learning and sharing of information across the global free-knowledge movement. I loved it.* Lead the creation of Diff, a community news blog for the Wikimedia movement. Available since July 2020 it has seen over 740.

I listened to the needs of our volunteer contributors and bring their concerns, feedback, and ideas to the Foundation teams for consideration. I worked with product owners and engineers to understand technical systems and share that information with our diverse communities around the world. I loved it.* Lead communication efforts for the Wikimedia Space.

* Lead community outreach and collaboration programs for the technology team responsible for Wikimedia search.* Worked to communicate change and funnel feedback to the appropriate teams through collaborative writing and personal engagement with communities and their members.* Assisted the then-new Security team in communicating the first impactful change.

Greater St. Louis Area

* Evangelized ‘open by default’ as an approach to collaboration across technical and non-technical co-workers.* Support and assist growth of wiki documentation by providing training to co-workers, upgrading system capabilities, involving co-worker feedback into decision-making, and continued growth of the wiki platform.* Work with developers on the data.

St. Louis, MO

This was the position I was originally hired for in 2011. It was a great opportunity to develop my understanding of healthcare and collaboration across the various services Mercy offers. I was able to work on a lot of great things. Here’s a few.Developed strategy for the domains of enterprise content and collaboration - a first for the organization.*.

Collaborated with division leadership to migrate division and departmental content into a central enterprise content management system (CMS).* Managed existing content and developed new content, hierarchy and organization within the CMS.* Trained new users and provided support for the CMS.* Collected and analyzed reports regarding traffic statistics to.

* Maintained all web services for the JCSB including 300+ page website.* Created and shared web policies and procedures for University-wide CMS.* Worked with Marketing and Communications to develop new CMS schemas for implementation across campus.* Helped to develop and document long-term projects for IT management for both server and client side.

* Evangelized Apple products on the campus of Saint Louis University.* Lead a site-specific marketing campaign for a $3.8 million account for Q1.* Generated $540k in retail sales for December.* Exhibited excellent public speaking skills while demonstrating Apple technology to students.* Organized and hosted meetings with members of the SLU academic.

Bachelor Of Arts, Communication

Associate’S Degree, Theatre